Window-regulating device



June 10 1924. 1,497,331

E. H. GROPP WINDOW REGULATING DEVICE Filed Feb. 14. 1923 2 She'ets-Sheet l INVENTEIR June 10, 1924. 1,497,331

I E. H. GRQPP WI NDOW REGULATI NG DEVICE Filed Feb. 14 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet. 2

Him 1 i n INVENTUR.

Patented June 10, 1924.

EDWARD 11.,GRO1P, OF IVIILVERTO'N, ONTARIO, CANADA.

I WINDOW-REG'ULATING DEVICE.

Application filed February 14, 1923. Serial No. 618,938.

This invention relates to window regulating devices particularly adapted for use in closed in types of automobile bodies and my object is to provide a simple device of this character in which the operating handle may be shifted to different positions on the interior of the door relative to the adjacent seat. Another object is to provide means whereby the handles on opposite doors may both be rotated in the same direction to open or close the windows. Further objects I have in mind will hereinafter appear.

I attain my object by means of the constructions hereinafter described and illus trated in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a rear elevation of my device in position in an automobile door, the inner side of the door being removed and the window being in its lowered position;

Fig. 2 a vertical section of the same;

Fig. 3 a front elevation of my device in position in an automobile door, the outer side of the door being removed, the window being in its raised position and the actuating bar being shown in its reversed position;

Fig. 4 a detail of some of the parts shown in Fig. 3 showing the arrangement for reversing the movement of the actuating bar;

Fig. 5 a sectional detail. partly broken away and on a largerscale, of the support and the means for guiding the actuating bar thereon Fig. 6 a cross sectional detail of some of the parts shown in Fig. 5 and on a larger scale;

Fig. 7 a cross section on the line 7-7.0f Fig. 1 showing the parts on a larger scale;

Fig. 8 a plan view of the locking mecha nism;

Fig. 9 a side elevation thereof;

Fig. 10 a plan view of the plate for re taining the actuator in position in the operating mechanism;

Fig. 11 a plan view of the disk and planetary gears of the o erating mechanism; and Fig. 12 a side e evation of thesame.

' lln the drawings like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the dif ferent figures.

1 is a door suitably constructed for use in an automobile body, the upper portion of the door being adapted to be opened or I closed by a sliding window. The lower portion of the door 1 is formed with an open mouthed well or pocket 2 into which the sliding window 8 is lowered. In this pocket is also mounted the means for lifting and lowering the window so that these operating means maybe easily dropped through the upper endof the pocket and attached to the interior of existing doors .withoutdismantling the door. The support 4, formed of sheet metal, is adapted .to carry all the window operating mechanism and the upper end of this support is provided with a pair of laterally extending lugs 5 having holes formed therein through which are passed the screws 6 for securing the support to the upper and inner edge of the door. The support is integrally formed with a downwardly extending guide portion 7 of considerably less width" than the upper portion of the support. A bolt 8 passing through a hole formed adjacent the lo-wer'endof this portion 7 also passes through a hole 9 formed in the lower inner rail of the door -1. A nut having an inwardly projecting part received in the hole 9 is threaded on the bolt and the head'of the nut engages the interior finishing material which lies over the lower inner rail. 7

Onthe bolt 8 is pivoted the lower end of the lazy tong device 10 to the upper end of which is pivotally connected the window carrier 11. This carrier is .adapted to embrace the binding metal of the felt pad on the-lower edge of the window to prevent any vibration and thus prevent the parts from rattling. The lazy tongs, formed of I sheet metal stampings are adapted to impart a greater movement to the; window 3 than the movement of the means for actuatlng the'lazy tongs.

An actuating bar 12, formed ofjsheet metahand slidablymounted on the support 1 is adapted to actuate the lazy tongs 10 as hereinafter described and is provided with a depending part 13 of substantially the same width as the support guide portion The part13 is guided, by'means of the slides 14', on the guide portion 7, these slides being adapted to embrace the parts topr'event lateral displacement. To yieldingly hold the contacting faces of the depending part 13 tion of the support.

To prevent lateral displacement of the upper part of the actuating bar 12 on the support 4 I form at each side of the bar a toothed rack 16, the racksm'eshing with pinions 17 journalled on the support at opposite sides of the bar 12. Guides 18 detachably connected to the support are adapted to engage the actuating bar to hold the contacting surfaces of the upper portion of the'bar and the support in engagement. The pinions 17 are secured to journals which are journalled in alined holes formed in the guides 18 and the support 4 and these pinions are also used for a purpose hereinafter described. To prevent the pinions 17 from rattling against the support I provide the dished springs 19 which are formed as washers mounted on the pin ion journals and engage the guides 18 and the pinions. Referring to Figs. 1 and 5, it will be noted that the support 4 is milled out slightly to form a pair of recesses in which are suitably carried a pair of flat springs 20 adapted to engage the actuating bar to yieldingly hold it in engagement with the guides 18 and thus eliminate thepossibility ofthe bar rattling against the support.

The actuating bar 12 is detachably connected to the center pivot pin 21 of the lowerinost pair of crossed levers of the lazy tongs 10, (see Figs. 5 and 6) as follows. The lower slide 14 is pivotally mounted means of the pivot pin 21 on the lazy tongs, the pin passingthrough holes formed in the slide and the lazy tong levers. The pin is provided wit-h a round head adapted to engage the slide, and the end of the shank ofthe pin is upset on the adjacent lever. To enable the pin 21 to be passed through the holes in the slide and the lazy tongs it is necessary to form a hole in the spring 15 carried by, this slide. The head-of this pin projects through the slide and'is adapted to be received in a hole formed in the lower end of the actuating bar depending part 13.

The upper slide 14 is also pivotally mounted on the pivot pin ofa pair of the lazy tong I crossed levers, but thispin is provided wit-h I a countersunk head (not shown) so that the slide may be moved relative to the parts i 13 and 7. From the above description it is evident that assuming the support portion 7 to be passed through the slides 14 and the bolt 8 to be passed through the lower links of the lazy tongs 10 and through the hole at the lower end of the portion 7, the lower end of the actuating bar may then be inserted in the slides 14 between the depending portion 7 and the body portion of the slides. It is also evident that the springs 15 on the slides 14 will yield sufficiently to permit the lower end of the actuating bar to be pushed over the head of the pin 21 until the latter is received in its hole and that these springs will then yieldingly tend to hold the parts in engagement with one another. The actuating bar is then slid downwardly between the guides 18 and the pinions 17.

To raise and lower the actuating bar 12 and thus move the lazy tongs 10 to raise and lower the window 3 I provide the following operating mechanism. A pinion 22 is secured to the outerside of a disk 23 which is received within the hole of an annular disk (see Figs. 7 to 12). The disk 24isremovably carried on the support 4 as hereinafter described and "on this disk is removably carriech'by means of the pins 25, an internal gear ring 26. A pair of planetary gears 27 journalled on the inner side of the disk 23, mesh with the internal gear 26. To rotate the planetary gears and thus rotate the pinion 22 at a reduced speed relative-thereto, a pinion 28 is secured to a disk 29. On this disk is carried an automatically releasable locking device adapted to automatically lock the disk, and thus look all the moving parts hereinbefore described. An oscillatable arm 80 pivoted at 31 on the disk 29 is provided with a jaw 32' adapted to embrace a curved tail piece formed on the dog 33. The jaw 32 is formed as a segmental notch in the periphery of the arm 30 and the curved tail of the dog is fitted into this notch so that the arm may be rocked relative to the dog. Pins 34 secured to the disk 29 limit the rocking movement of the dog in either direction. The dog is provided with a notch adapted to engage anyone of the teeth formed on the internal gear 26. A spring 35 engaging the arm 30 and a pin secured to the disk 29 tends to rock the arm to maintain the dog 33 in engagement with the internal gear teeth. To facilitate the engagement of the notch in the dog with a tooth of the internal gear a spring 36 engaging the arm 30 and the dog is'provided. To rock the arm 30 to withdraw the dog from engagement with the internal gear and to rotate the disk 29 and thus the pinion 22, the arm is provided with a pair of shoulders formed by a polygonal shaped 0 ening. One side of the'opening is engage by two'oppositely directed arms 38 formed on an actuator 39 which is received in holes formed in thedisks 29 and 23 and t e. pinions 28 and 22. The actuator is provlded witha squared end adapted to be received in a similar shaped opening formed in the crank 40. To retain the actuator in position 1 form a groove therein which is located between the squared head and the arms 38. A plate 41 lying against the internal gear 26 is formed in two halves, each half having a semi-circular opening adapted to engage the groove. The planetarygears 27 rest against the annular disk 24 to prevent the withdrawal of the disk 23 therethrough. Referring to Fig. 7 it will be noted that the ends of the pins 25 are counter sunk in the annular disk 24 and the pins project through the internal gear 26, plate 41 and through a cover 42 to hold these parts together.

The crank 40 is rotatably mounted in a bushing 43 which is threaded in the cover 42;. the bushing being provided with an integral nut portion 43' adapted for engagement with a spanner wrench whereby the crank may be easily positioned on or removed from the cover. The operating mechanism is detachably connected to the support 4 as hereinafter described, so that the disk 23 and annular disk 24 lie against the support and a distance collar 44 is interposed between the disk 23 and the pinion 22 to bring the latterin the same plane as the actuating bar 12.

. The support 4 is carried within the door substantially in alinement with the vertical center line of the window 3 but it is found in some cars that the operating handle 40 when centrally located, relative to the window, will not clear other interior parts, such as the seat of the car. To overcome this objectionable feature 1 form in the support 4 a plurality of holes 45 adapted to receiv the distance collar 44. It will be seen in Figs. 1, 3, 4 and 7 that one of these holes is arranged centrally of the actuating bar 12 and the others are ofl'set, one at each side of the bar. The actuating bar is provided with a centrally located slot having a toothed rack 46 formed at one side thereof adapted to-mesh with the pinion 22 when the latter is projected through the centrally located hole 45. It will readily be seen that if the guide pinions 17, hereinbefore described, are rotated that the actuating bar 12 will be moved. When the pinion 22 is projected through either of the,

offset holes 45 it is adapted to mesh with the adjacent pinion 17. The support 4 is provided with a plurality of sets of holes 47 and 47 each set of holes being arranged concentrically with one of the holes 45. Screws 48 passing through the operating 'Inechanism are threaded into any desired set of the holes '47 or 47 and thus hold the -operating mechanismin place on the support 4. A

the ofiset drives for the actuating bar 12,

From the above it is evident that may be located in similar positions to one another on the right and left hand doors of the car by simply changing over the operating mechanism of one door to bring it in alinement with the operating mechanism of the opposite door.

It is desirable that the cranks 40 on opposite doors should be rotated in the same direction to open and close the windows.

To accomplish this when the pinion 22 is meshed with the rack 46 itis necessary to change over the rack 46 to engage the opposite side of the pinion 22, which is accomplished by loosening the operatingmechanism sufliciently to withdraw the pinion 22 from engagement with its rack, then disengaging the actuating bar 12 from the pin 21 and sliding the bar through the slides 14 and guides18 and then rep-lacing the bar in its reversed position and tightening up the screws 48 of the operating mechanism. To accomplish the above when the pinion is in mesh with one of the pinions 17, the support and the guides 18 are provided with two sets of alined holes 17 and 17*, one pair of alined holes of each set-being located adjacent the bearing hole of each pinion 17. The guides 18 are removed from one support 4 and the journals of the pinions 17 are placed in the holes of the set 17 (see Fig. 4). This arrangement brings th pinions 17 opposite one another and in mesh with the" racks 16 to prevent lateral displacement of the actuating bar '12. An idler pinion 57 is journalled in one to reverse the movement of the mechanism.

To counterbalance the weight of the window springs 48 are connected to the support 4 and to the lugs 49 formed on the opposite sides of the lower slide 14.

Assuming the window raising and lowering device to be installed in a door, the mode of operation is as follows. hen the crank 40 is moved the movement is imparted to the actuator 39' which causes either oneoff the arms 38 to rock th arm 30 and thus withdraw the dog 33 from engagement with the'tooth on the internal gear 26. On furtherrotation of the crank either arm of the spring 35 will cause the disk29 to be rowhich the pinion 22 is secured and the ro-- tation of the latter, causes the actuating bar'12 to be moved as hereinbefore described. The movement of the bar causes a corresponding movement of the lower levers of the lazy tongs. lOwhich movement is multiplied at the upper end of the lazy tongs to cause the window to move at a greater speed than the actuating bar sothat:

the latter always remains out of sight and in the pocket of the door. As soon as the pressure is removed from the crank 4&0 the spring 35 rocks the arm 30 to bring the notch on the dog into engagement with the nearest tooth of the internal gear 26. The

spring 36 tends to position the dog so that the latter will move radially for engagement with the tooth and then yields to permit the weight of the window to slightly rotate the arm 30 relative to the dog so that the latter is jammed between the tooth and the arm (see Fig. 8). 7

hat I claim as my invention is 1. In a window regulating device, the combination of a support; window carrying means including an actuating bar slidably mounted on the support; means carried by the support for operating the actuating bar to raise and lower the window; and means for carrying the operating means .in any one of a plurality of transversely arranged positions on the support.

2, In a window regulating device, the combination of a support; window carrying means including an actuating bar slidably mounted on the support, the bar being provided with a plurality of racks; and oper- "ating means carried by the support including a pinion adapted to actuate any one of the'said racks whereby the actuating bar may be raised and lowered.

3. In a window regulating device, the combination of a support provided with a plurality of holes; window carrying means including an actuating bar slidably mounted at one side of the support, the bar being provided with a plurality of racks lying adjacentthe said holes; operating means including a pinion adapted to be passed through any one of the said holes to actuate the adjacent rack; and means for securing the operating means to the side of the sup port opposite the actuating bar and adjacent any one of the said holes.

4. In awindow regulating device, the combination of a support; window carrying means including an actuating bar provided with a rack; uides for slidably carrying the bar on the support; and operating means tor the bar carried by the support including a pinion, thetbar being adapted; to be reversed in the guides whereby either side of the pinion may be meshed with the rack.

In J a window regulating device, the combination of a support; window carrying means including an actuating bar provided with a longitudinal slot having a toothed rack formed along one side thereof; guides for slidably carrying the bar on the support; and operating means for the bar carried by i the'support including a pinion, the bar being adapted to be reversed in the guides whereby eitherside of the pinion may be meshed with the rack.

'6.,In a window regulating device, the combination or" a support; window carrying means including an actuating bar provided with a toothed rack at each side thereof; means for guiding the bar on the sup port including pinions meshing. with the racks; and operating means carried by the support including a pinion adapted to be meshed with either one of the first mentioned pinions whereby the actuating bar may be raised and lowered.

7. In a window regulating device, the combination of a support; window carrying means including an actuating bar provided with a toothed rack at each side thereof, the bar also being provided with a third rack arranged longitudinally thereon and located between the first two mentioned racks; means for guiding the bar on the support including pinions meshing with the two first mentioned racks; and operating means carried by the support including a pinion adapted to be meshed with either of the first mentioned pinions or with the said third rack.

8. In a window regulating device, the combination of a support provided with a plurality of holes; window carrying means including an actuating bar provided with a longitudinal slot having a toothed rack formed along one side thereof, the bar also being provided with a' toothed rack at each side thereof; means for guiding the bar on the support including pinions meshing with the last mentioned racks, the first mentioned rack and the pinions being located adjacent the said holes; operating means including a pinion adapted to be passed through any one of the said holes to mesh with either ofthe first mentioned pinions or the first mentioned rack; and means for securing the operating means to the side of the support opposite the actuating bar and adjacent any one of the said holes.

9. In a window regulating device, the combination of a support; window. carrying means including an actuating bar slidably mounted on the support and provided with a toothed rack at each side thereof, the support being provided with a pair of bearings adjacent each rack; a pair of pinions adapted to mesh with the racks andto be journalled in either pair of the bearings; an idler pinion adapted to be journalled in the support adjacent either one of the said pinions and to mesh therewith; andoperat opposite sides of the actuating bar and adapted to hold the contacting surfaces of the bar and the support in engagement, the support and each guide being provided with a plurality of sets of alined holes, two sets being vertically spaced apart and located adjacent each rack and a third set being horizontally spaced apart from the lower of the two first mentioned sets of holes, the support also being provided with a plurality of holes, each hole being located substantially above the last mentioned set 01" holes and horizontally spaced from the upper of the two first mentioned sets of holes; a pair of pinions adapted to mesh with the racks and adapted to be journalled in either of the two first mentioned sets of holes; an idler pinion adapted to be journaled in either of the third set of holes and adapted to mesh with the adjacent first mentioned pinion; and operating means including a pinion adapted to be passed through any one of the last mentioned holes to mesh with either one of the first mentioned pinions or with the idler pinion.

11. In a window regulating device. the combination of a support; window raising and lowering means including an actuating bar slidably mounted on the support;,and means for yieldingly engaging the bar to prevent the latter from rattling against the support.

12. In a window regulating device, the combination of a support; window raising and lowering means including an actuating bar slidably mounted on the support; a lazy tong device provided with means engaging said bar; and yielding means tending to hold the engaging means in engagement with the said bar.

13. In a window regulating device, the combination of a support; window raising and lowering means including an actuating bar provided with a hole, and a lazy tong device comprising crossed levers, one pair of said levers having a laterally extending pivot pin; a slide carried by said pin and adapted to embrace the actuating bar and the support, the pin being adapted to be received in said hole; and means yieldingly tending to hold the pin and the bar in engagement.

14. In a window regulating device, the combination of a support; window raising and lowering means including an actuating bar slidably mounted on the support; means for yieldingly engaging the bar to prevent the latter from rattling against the support; a lazy tong device provided with means engaging said bar; and yielding means tending to hold the engaging means in engagement with the said bar.

15. In a window regulating device, the combination of a support; window raising and lowering means including an actuating bar slidably mounted on the support; a slide carried by the support adapted to engage the bar to hold the contacting surfaces of the support and the bar in engagement; and means yieldingly engaging the bar to prevent the latter from rattling against the parts in contact therewith.

16. In a window regulating device, the combination of a support; window raising and lowering means including an actuating bar provided with a hole, and a lazy tong device comprising crossed levers, two pairs of said levers having laterally extending pivot pins; two slides carried one above the other by said pins and adapted to embrace the actuating bar and the support, the lower pin being adapted to be received in the said hole; yielding means tending to hold the bar in engagement with the pin; and yielding means carried by the upper slide to normally hold the bar in engagement with the support and adapted to permit suflicient movement of the bar relative to the support to enable the bar to be disengaged from the pin.

17. The combination with a door having an open mouth d pocket formed therein, of a support carried within the pocket and provided with a downwardly extending guide portion having a hole formed adjacent its lower end; a bolt passing through said hole and adapted to secure the support to a stationary part; window carrying means including a lazy tong device having its. lower end pivoted on said bolt; window raising and lowering means including an actuating bar; slides guided on the said guide portion and carried by the lazy tong device and adapted to embrace the actuating bar; and means for detachably connecting the lazy tongs with the actuating bar.

Signed at Milverton this 8th day of February 1923.

EDWARD H. GROPP, I 

